2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 12
CB No. 13
2013 record 43–20 (17–12 SEC)
Head coach Chad Holbrook (1st season)
Assistant coach Jerry Meyers (3rd/11th season)
Assistant coach Sammy Esposito (6th season)
Home stadium Carolina Stadium
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
#9 Vanderbilt  xy 263 .897  5412 .818
#13 South Carolina  y 1712 .586  4320 .683
Florida  y 1416 .467  2930 .492
Kentucky   1119 .367  3025 .545
Missouri   1020 .333  1832 .360
Tennessee   919 .321  2230 .423
Georgia   720 .259  2132 .396
Western
#7 LSU  xy 237 .767  5711 .838
#18 Arkansas  y 1811 .621  3922 .639
#2 Mississippi State  y 1614 .533  5120 .718
Ole Miss  y 1515 .500  3824 .613
Alabama  y 1415 .483  3528 .556
Texas A&M  y 1316 .448  3429 .540
Auburn   1317 .433  3323 .589
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 26, 2013[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his first season as head coach at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Sophomore
  • 10 Drake Thomason - Sophomore
  • 13 Jack Wynkoop - Freshman
  • 14 Evan Beal - Sophomore
  • 15 Nolan Belcher - Senior
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
  • 25 Adam Westmoreland - Senior
  • 27 Forrest Koumas - Junior
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Sophomore
  • 35 Curt Britt - Freshman
  • 37 Josh Knab - Junior
  • 38 Tyler Webb - Senior
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Senior
  • 43 Alex Satterfield - Freshman
  • 44 Colby Holmes - Senior
  • 46 Tyler Jackson - Freshman
 

Infielders

  • 4 Connor Bright - Sophomore
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Sophomore
  • 16 Chase Vergason - Senior
  • 19 DC Arendas - Freshman
  • 20 LB Dantzler - Senior
  • 22 Max Schrock - Freshman
  • 24 Brison Celek - Junior
  • 28 George Iskenderian - Freshman
  • 30 Erik Payne - Junior
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Sophomore
  • 18 Dante Rosenberg - Senior
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Sophomore
  • 7 Shon Carson - Freshman
  • 8 TJ Costen - Sophomore
  • 11 Sean Sullivan - Senior
  • 26 Graham Saiko - Junior
  • 42 Ahmad Christian - Freshman
 

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching staff

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Head Coach - 1 year
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate Head Coach - 3 years / 11 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 6 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1 year

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html

Honors and awards

LB Dantzler playing third base against Arkansas at Baum Stadium
  • LB Dantzler was named SEC Player of the Week on February 25.[3]
  • Grayson Greiner was named Second-Team All-SEC.[4]
  • Joey Pankake was named Collegiate Baseball's National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week on March 11.[5]
  • Max Schrock was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 8.[6]
  • Tyler Webb was named Third-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball[7] and Second-Team All-SEC.[8]
  • Jack Wynkoop was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 22[9] and April 29,[10] and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.[11]

Notes

  • On February 24, three pitchers combined to throw the first South Carolina no-hitter since March 26, 1975.[12]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches'[13] 5 5* 8 7 6 6 14 11 8 14 10 9 12 12 12 14 - - 12 
Baseball America[14] 7 7 7 6 5 5 17 15 11 18 15 15 15 14 17 18 - - 14 
Collegiate Baseball^[15] 7 7 7 6 5 5 14 14 12 22 15 15 16 15 15 13 11 13 13 
NCBWA[16] 6 7 8 8 6 6 13 12 10 15 11 9 12 12 14 16 15 13 13

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Gamecocks in the 2013 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Tyler WebbLHP10th314thNew York Yankees
LB Dantzler1B14th415thToronto Blue Jays
Adam WestmorelandLHP26th772ndMiami Marlins
Brison Celek1B31st925thToronto Blue Jays

References

  1. "SEC Baseball" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  2. "Southeastern Conference Standings". D1 Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  3. Dantzler Named SEC Player of the Week
  4. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  5. Pankake Named National & SEC Player Of The Week
  6. Schrock Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  7. Tyler Webb Earns All-America Honors
  8. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  9. Jack Wynkoop Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  10. Wynkoop Earns Second Straight SEC Freshman Of The Week Honor
  11. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  12. Three pitchers combine to throw no-hitter
  13. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  14. Baseball America College: Top 25
  15. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  16. NCBWA Division I poll
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